Chapter Fourteen Page 16

Jess: . . . and if the condom slipped on this, it might have failed in other ways too, so be sure to get tested before seeing anyone else, all right?

Stu: Sure, of course.

Jess: Talk to your lawyers about setting up the funds, and have someone call me back. Don’t let it wait more than a month. And, speaking of the law . . . I’m doing interviews for some private-sector work. Moving away from public service. So just keep that in mind the next time one of your programs wants to tangle with the FCC.

Stu: Hey, somebody has to hold the line on free speech in this country.

Jess: You are so full of it.

Stu: Oh, like you really think your successor is going to be just as aggressive about prosecuting us.

Jess: True. It might be hard to find someone else as dedicated to the job as I am.

Stu: Uh-huh. Talk to you later, Jess.

Jess: ‘Bye.

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Stu: You hear that, Patrick? Someone I slept with is having a baby! Do you realize what this means?

Patrick: What, sir?

Stu: It means that I have a solemn duty . . . to get a vasectomy at the earliest possible opportunity.